Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2010


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, May 2009 - May 2010
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                              2 0 1 0             |                             2 0 0 9                   
  Commodity Group     May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     165.2  165.0  164.8  165.3  165.1   161.2  165.0  164.4  163.1  161.4  161.1  161.0  160.8  160.3
  Food              166.6  166.2  166.1  166.6  166.5   162.4  166.4  165.8  164.4  162.6  162.3  162.1  161.9  161.5 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     154.6  154.3  154.1  154.8  155.7   152.5  156.4  156.0  156.7  152.7  151.6  151.8  151.9  151.3	
  Food              155.5  155.1  154.9  155.7  156.7   153.5  157.5  157.1  157.9  153.5  152.4  152.6  152.7  152.1

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     168.6  168.4  168.2  168.6  168.1   164.0  167.7  167.1  165.2  164.2  164.1  163.9  163.6  163.2  	
  Food              170.1  169.8  169.7  170.1  169.6   165.3  169.3  168.6  166.5  165.5  165.r  165.2  164.9  164.5  	

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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